Litre
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A litre (liter in the United States) is the metric unit of volume.
One litre is the volume of one cubic decimetre, that is a cube of 10 x 10 x 10 centimetre. A litre of water weighs very nearly one kilogram.
The abbreviation of litre is L or l. For smaller volumes the millilitre is used: 1000 mL = 1 l.
The capital letter abbreviation "L" is preferred by some people as the small "l" can look like the number one "1".
- 1 imperial gallon = 4.5461 litres
- 1 U.S. gallon = 3.7854 litres
- 1 litre = 1 dm3
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